Natalia VORONINA

ROC

Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 21 Oct 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.63/5'4''

Place of birth: NIZHNY NOVGOROD

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Residence: KOLOMNA

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Speed Skating	Women's 3000m	11
	Women's 5000m	6
	Women's Team Pursuit ROC ROC	4

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 3000m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 5000m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's Team Pursuit Quarterfinals	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's Team Pursuit Final B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's 5000m	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
10	Women's 3000m	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women's 3000m	2020	Heerenveen, NED
2	Women's Team Pursuit	2020	Heerenveen, NED
2	Women's Team Pursuit	2018	Kolomna, RUS
3	Women's Team Pursuit	2022	Heerenveen, NED
3	Women's 3000m	2018	Kolomna, RUS
4	Women's Allround	2021	Heerenveen, NED
5	Women's Allround	2019	Collalbo, ITA
5	Women's Allround	2016	Minsk, BLR
7	Women's Allround	2015	Chelyabinsk, RUS

World Single Distance Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's 5000m	2020	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2	Women's 5000m	2021	Heerenveen, NED
3	Women's Team Pursuit	2021	Heerenveen, NED
3	Women's 3000m	2020	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
3	Women's 3000m	2019	Inzell, GER
3	Women's Team Pursuit	2019	Inzell, GER
3	Women's 5000m	2019	Inzell, GER
3	Women's Team Pursuit	2017	Gangneung, KOR
3	Women's Team Pursuit	2016	Kolomna, RUS
3	Women's Team Pursuit	2015	Heerenveen, NED
4	Women's Team Pursuit	2020	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
7	Women's 3000m	2021	Heerenveen, NED
8	Women's 5000m	2016	Kolomna, RUS
9	Women's 5000m	2018	Gangneung, KOR
10	Women's 3000m	2018	Gangneung, KOR
12	Women's Allround	2020	Hamar, NOR
12	Women's 3000m	2016	Kolomna, RUS
13	Women's 3000m	2015	Heerenveen, NED
15	Women's Mass Start	2015	Heerenveen, NED

World Allround Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women's Allround	2017	Hamar, NOR
7	Women's Allround	2016	Berlin, GER
8	Women's Allround	2019	Calgary, AB, CAN
14	Women's Allround	2015	Calgary, AB, CAN

World Cup
Season	Women's 1500m	Women's Long Distances	Women's Team Pursuit	Women's Mass Start
2020/21		3	4
2019/20	19	4	2
2018/19	32	3	2
2017/18	18	3
2016/17	20	12
2015/16	15	2		35
2014/15	52	20		19

Nickname:

Natasha

Hobbies:

"I have very little time for hobbies, training three times a day and going for a walk with Archibald [her dog]. When I have vacation, I like to meet with friends." (sport24.ru, 25 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Physical Education - Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University (RUS)

Family:

Father, Sergey

Languages spoken:

Russian

Club name:

Central Sports Army Club (CSKA)

Coach:

National: Pawel Abratkiewicz (POL)
Personal: Vladimir Akilov (RUS)

Debut:

2011 RSU Open Summer Cup in Chelyabinsk (500m - 32nd, 1000m - 14th)
2014 World Cup in Obihiro (3000m B - 5th)

Injuries:

2018: Concussion after falling from her bicycle during training.

January 2017: Illness forced her to miss the European Championships in Heerenveen.

National team:

2014

Start:

Began skating at age three in Nizhny Novgorod. Got her first pair of (figure) skates at age four. "I always went to training with my mother, even when I was in kindergarten." (sport24.ru, 25 Feb 2020)

Reason:

Thinks speed skating is the best sport because "we have the most beautiful competition suits." (sport24.ru, 25 Feb 2020)

Ambition:

"The main goals of any professional athlete are to win Olympic and world titles." (stnmedia.ru, 7 Mar 2020)

Memorable:

"To be honest, I'm not a particularly emotional person. Of course, I was pleased to break the world record and win [at the 2020 World Single Distance Championships], but this feeling did not stay with me for long. I was happy for a while and then switched to other goals and objectives." (stnmedia.ru, Mar 2020)

Hero:

"I have no idols. I never looked up to anyone." (sport24.ru, 25 Feb 2020)

Influence:

Mother (isu.org)

Philosophy:

"Do not relax in training, you need to work all the time." (mininuniver.ru, 21 Jul 2020)

Award:

Oscar Mathisen Award (2020)
Honoured Master of Sport (2018)

General Interest

BREAKING AWAY FROM BRONZE
When she won a gold medal at the 2020 Single Distance World Championships in world record time, she also broke a long chain of international bronze medals. She had won world championship bronze in the team pursuit (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019), the 3000m (2019, 2020) and 5000m (2019), as well as an Olympic bronze in the 5000m and a European 3000 m bronze in 2018. "My legs decided that there was enough bronze, we need to run faster - a world record." (ria.ru, 16 Feb 2020)

HELP FROM THE COMPETITION
Due to limitations imposed on Russian competitors at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, she was forced to train alone. She could only speak to her coach Pawel Abratkiewicz (POL) via video calling. However, Czech skaters Martina Sablikova and Nikola Zdrahalova invited her to train with them. In the 5000m at PyeongChang, Sablikova and Voronina raced in the same pair, finishing second and third.

TIGER
She has a tattoo of a tiger, lurking between flowers, on her left side. (Athlete Instagram, 24 May 2016)

Milestones

Finished sixth in the 5000m at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

First Russian skater to become 5000m world champion in 2020. Broke the streak of 10 consecutive world titles in the event by Martina Sablikova (CZE) between 2007 and 2019.

First Russian to hold the 5000m world record since Rimma Zhukova, who bettered the record in 1953. (The 5000m was not an official distance between 1955 and 1982)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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